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UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 
AT   LOS  ANGELES 


ROBERT  ERNEST  COWAN 


CONSTITUTION, 

BY-LAWS, 

RULES  OF  ORDER  AND  ORDER  OF  BUSINESS, 
OF  THE 

California  Mining  Bureau  Association 


ARTICLE  OP  RECOMMENDATION,  CERTIFICATE  OF 
INCORPORATION,  LIST  OF  OFFICERS,  ETC. 


SAN    FRANCISCO: 
PRINTED  BY  M.  D.  CARR  &  CO.,  No.  411  CLAY  ST. 

1865. 


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LIST    OF    OFFICERS, 


A.  J.  SNYDER PRESIDENT. 

JOSEPH  W.  LOW VICE-PRESIDENT. 

J.  B.  WHITCOMB RECORDING  SECRETARY. 

J.  F.  LINTHICUM CORRESPONDING  SEC'Y. 

CYRUS  PALMER TREASURER. 

TRUSTEES: 

HENRY  L.  DODGE,          JOSEPH  W.  Low, 
CYRUS  PALMER,  A.  BADLAM, 

A.  P.  MOLITOR,  A.  J.  SNYDER, 

THOS.  McAuLEY,  J.  R.  BRETT, 

J.  B.  WHITCOMB. 


STANDING  COMMITTEES. 


WATS    AND     MEANS. 

HENRY  L.  DODGE,      JOSEPH  W.  LOW, 
CYRUS  PALMER. 


MINING    INTELLIGENCE. 

THOS.  McAULEY,  J.  B.  WHITCOMB, 

J.  R.  BRETT. 


ROOMS,    LIBRARY   AND     CABINET. 

A.  P.  MOLITOR,  A.   BADLAM, 

CYRUS  PALMER. 


A.  BADLAM,  J.  R.  BRETT, 

THOS.  McAULEY. 


LECTURES     AND     DONATIONS. 

JOSEPH  W.  LOW,  HENRY  L.  DODGE, 

A.   P.    MOLITOR. 


INTRODUCTORY. 


As  will  appear  by  an  examination  of  the  following 
pages,  the  CALIFORNIA  MINING  BUREAU  ASSOCIATION  was 
incorporated  on  the  21st  day  of  October,' 1865.  In 
this  little  volume  will  be  found  an  address,  signed  by 
a  number  of  the  most  respectable,  influential,  and 
substantial  citizens  of  California,  recommending  to 
the  people  of  this  Coast,  interested  in  its  prosperity, 
the  formation  of  such  a  Society;  also,  the  Certificate 
of  Incorporation,  the  Constitution,  By-Laws,  Rules 
of  Order,  Order  of  Business,  and  Names  of  the  Trus- 
tees and  Officers,  which  it  is  hoped  will  receive  the 
approbation  and  confidence  of  the  public. 

The  object  of  the  Society  is  to  assist  in  developing 
the  immense  mineral  resources  of  this  great  State, 
and  thu£  be  instrumental  in  enriching  the  people, 
furnishing  remunerative  employment  to  the  laboring 
man,  and  reducing  the  oppressive  taxes  they  have 
now  to  pay  to  carry  on  the  State  and  County  govern- 
ments, by  largely  increasing  the  amount  of  taxable 
property.  All  classes  of  society  are  interested  in  the 
success  of  this  Association.  The  Merchant,  the 
Banker,  the  Miner,  the  Lawyer,  the  Foundryman,  the 
Mechanic,  the  Farmer,  and  the  Laboring  man  will  all 


INTRODUCTORY. 


be  more  or  less  benefited  if  the  Association  is  sue" 
cessful  in  its  efforts.  The  plan  which  will  be  pursued 
by  the  Association,  is  to  diligently  seek  and  procure 
all  available  information  concerning'  the  mineral  re- 
sources of  every  County  in  the  State.  This  will 
embrace  all  the  mines  of  every  description  which  are 
being  worked,  with  every  particular  concerning  them 
that  can  be  obtained;  all  those  which  have  suspended 
operations  for  want  of  means,  of  success,  or  whatever 
cause,  all  those  which  are  held  by  parties  unable  to 
develop  them,  all  promising  ledges  discovered,  and 
placer  mines  lying  unworked  for  the  want  of  water  or 
other  causes.  The  Petroleum  interests  of  the  State 
will  also  receive  the  attention  of  the  Association. 
Great  care  will  be  taken  that  the  information  obtained 
shall  be  reliable.  This  will  be  properly  arranged  and 
recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Society,  and  will  be  the 
property  of  its  members;  and,  from  time  to  time,  such 
facts  as  may  be  of  general  interest,  will  be  given  to 
the  public  through  the  press.  It  is  believed  that  in 
this  way  incalculable  good  can  be  done.  Our  im- 
mense resources  will  thus  become  known  both  at  home 
and  abroad.  The  inviting  opportunities  on  every 
hand  for  profitable  investment,  must  inevitably  attract 
capital  and  enterprise.  The  State  has  sustained  im- 
measurable injury  from  sales  of  mines  upon  fraudulent 
representations,  by  unscrupulous  speculators.  These 
swindles  have  been  the  means  of  destroying,  in  a 
measure,  the  confidence  of  capitalists  in  the  value  of 
our  mines  and  in  our  integrity  as  a  people.  The 


INTRODUCTORY. 


Association  will  put  it  out  of  the  power  of  these 
public  pests  to  succeed  in  their  attempt  at  imposition, 
by  furnishing  reliable  information  to  those  seeking 
investments.  At  the  same  time  the  value  of  really 
meritorious  mines,  instead  of  being  overlooked,  as 
has  been  too  often  the  case  heretofore,  will  become 
known.  The  distrust  now  felt  will  thus  be  removed 
as  soon  as  the  reliable  character  of  the  Association 
becomes  established,  and  capitalists  will  first  seek 
information  from  it  before  investing. 

In  the  selection  of  a  Board  of  Trustees  to  conduct 
the  affairs  of  the  Association,  care  has  been  taken  to 
include  none  but  responsible  gentlemen  who  are 
thoroughly  identified  in  interest  with  the  State,  and 
whose  character  and  standing  are  a  guarantee  that 
its  objects  will  be  carried  out  in  good  faith. 

The  Association  in  entering  upon  its  useful  career, 
appeals  to  an  intelligent  public  for  liberal  support 
and  hearty  co-operation.  The  terms  of  membership 
may  be  ascertained  by  referring  to  the  appropriate 
article  in  the  Constitution. 


RECOMMENDATION. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  September  29th,  1865. 
WE,  the  undersigned,  hereby  recommend  to  all 
persons  interested  in  the  prosperity  of  California  and 
the  adjacent  States  and  Territories,  the  organization 
of  a  Society,  the  object  of  which  shall  be  to  obtain 
all  the  information  possible  concerning  the  mineral 
resources  of  this  Coast,  and  especially  of  the  State 
of  California;  said  information  to  consist  of  such 
knowledge  of  the  different  mining  localities  as  can 
be  obtained,  the  local  advantages  for  working  mines, 
the  names,  number  and  extent  of  the  mines,  their 
character,  and  all  available  data  concerning  them, 
for  the  purpose  of  furnishing  to  the  public  reliable 
information,  believing  that  it  will  be  the  means  of 
attracting  capital,  enterprise  and  population  to  this 
Coast;  that  the  numerous  rich,  but  unproductive  mines 
now  in  the  hands  of  individuals  without  the  means  of 
developing  them  will  thus  become  productive,  and 
that  every  branch  of  business  will  become  more 
prosperous  when  the  merits  of  our  mines  are  under- 
stood by  capitalists.  We  further  recommend  that 
said  Society  be  governed  and  controlled  by  a  Board 


RECOMMENDATION. 


of  Trustees,  and  that  its  Office  shall  be  located  in  the 
City  of  San  Francisco,  in  which  shall  be  kept,  properly 
arranged,  all  the  information  obtained  by  the  Society, 
for  the  inspection  and  benefit  of  its  members,  and  for 
publication  when  deemed  proper. 
Signed  by 

W.  A.  WOODWARD,  Proprietor  Alta  California. 

H.  J.  BOOTH,  of  Booth  &  Co's  Foundry. 

MILTON  S.  LATHAM,  London  and  San  Francisco  Bank. 

E.  D.  WHEELER,  Lawyer. 

J.  C.  REIS,  Miner  and  proprietor  Cosmopolitan  Hotel. 

D.  0.  MILLS,  of  the  Bank  of  California. 
ASA  D.  NUDD,  Merchant. 

JOSEPH  W.  WINANS,  Lawyer. 

ISAAC  GLAZIER,  Crescent  Mine. 

IRA  P.  RANKIN,  of  the  Pacific  Foundry. 

W.  H.  LADD,  Miner,  and  Real  Estate. 

DAVID  D.  COLTON,  Lawyer. 

NICK'S  G.  KITTLE,  Importer. 

S.  P.  DEWEY,  Real  Estate. 

WM.  T.  COLEMAN,  Importer. 

F.  F.  Low,  Governor. 

A.  B.  FORBES,  Manager  Wells,  Fargo's  Bank. 

H.  S.  GATES,  Real  Estate. 

J.  F.  LINTHICUM,  Editor. 

A.  P.  MOLITOR,  Assayer. 

JOSEPH  W.  Low,.  Merchant. 

J.  W.  STOW,  of  Russell,  Irwin  &  Co. 

E.  LAZARD,  Mission  Woolen  Mills. 
LEVI  STEVENS,  Merchant. 

G.  W.  BEAVER,  of  James  Patrick  &  Co. 
A.  J.  SNYDER,  Miner  and  Real  Estate. 
R.  G.  SNEATH,  Merchant. 

W.  H.  HOWLAND,  Miners'  Foundry. 
E.  A.  ROCKWELL,  Editor  Morning  Call. 


10  RECOMMENDATION. 


THOS.  McAuLEY,  Engineer. 

J.  R.  BRETT,  Amalgamator. 

BENJ.  F.  WASHINGTON,  Editor  Examiner. 

CYRUS  PALMER,  Miners'  Foundry. 

H.  L.  DODGE,  Merchant  and  State  Senator. 

A.  BADLAM,  Real  Estate. 

J.  B.  WHITCOMB,  Real  Estate  Agent. 

THOS.  VARNEY,  Amalgainater  and  Assayer. 


CERTIFICATE  OF  INCORPORATION 


CALIFORNIA    MINING    BUREAU    ASSOCIATION. 


THE  undersigned  have  associated  themselves  together  to  form  a 
Corporation,  under  the  provisions  of  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  California,  approved  April  8th,  A. D.  1862,  entitled  "An  Act 
to  amend  'An  Act  concerning  Corporations,'  passed  April  22d,  1850, 
and  the  several  Acts  amendatory  thereof." 

The  name  of  the  Corporation  shall  be  "  THE  CALIFOBNIA  MINING 
BUREAU  ASSOCIATION." 

Its  object  shall  be  to  found  and  establish  a  permanent  Bureau,  in 
which  shall  be  collected  all  available  information  concerning  the 
mineral  resources  of  the  State  of  California,  and  the  adjacent  States 
and  Territories,  for  the  purpose  of  assisting  in  developing  them,  by 
directing  public  attention  thereto  ;  to  collect  a  Cabinet  of  Mineral 
Specimens  and  other  objects  of  interest ;  to  procure  and  keep  a  Sci- 
entific Laboratory  for  assaying  and  testing  ores  and  other  purposes ; 
and  such  Machinery  as  may  be  required  for  practically  working  ores  ; 
and  to  establish  a  Beading-Room  and  Library. 

The  duration  of  this  Association  shall  be  perpetual. 

Its  principal  place  of  business  shall  be  in  the  city  of  San  Francisco. 

The  business  of  this  Corporation  shall  be  under  the  control  of  a 
Board  of  nine  Trustees,  to  be  elected  by  this  Corporation,  whose 
term  of  service  shall  be  two  years ;  provided,  however,  that  at  the 
expiration  of  the  first  year,  four  members  of  the  first  Board  of  Trus- 


12  CERTIFICATE    OF    INCORPORATION. 


tees  shall  retire  by  lot,  and  the  successors  shall  be  elected  for  the 
term  of  one  year.    And  the  following  named  persons  shall  consti- 
tute the  first  Board  of  Trustees  of  this  Corporation,  to  wit : 
A.  P.  MOLITOR,  A.  J.  SNYDEE, 

CYRUS  PALMER,  JOSEPH  W.  LOW. 

THOMAS  McAULEY,  A.  BADLAM, 

JOHN  R.  BRETT,  J.  B.  WHITCOMB, 

H.  L.   DODGE. 


In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  this  19th  day 
of  October,  A.  D.  1865,  in  the  city  of  San  Francisco,  California : 
H.  J.  BOOTH,  H.  L.  DODGE, 

J.  R.  BRETT,  JOSEPH  W.  Low, 

IRA  P.  RANKIN,  Jos.  W.  WINANS, 

CYRUS  PALMER,  A.  BADLAM, 

TH.   MCAULEY,  A.  P.  MOLITOR, 

W.  H.  LADD,  A.  J.  SNYDER, 

ISAAC  GLAZIER,  J.  B.  WHITCOMB, 

E.  D.  WHEELER,  J.  F.  LINTHICUM. 

Witness : 

[Revenue  stamp.]  J.  F.  LINTHICUM. 


STATE  OP  CALIFORNIA,  )  oa 

City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  j  ss' 

On  this  nineteenth  day  oi  October,  A.  D.  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  sixty-five,  before  me,  W.  0.  Andrews,  a  Notary  Public  in 
and  for  said  city  and  county,  personally  appeared  J.  F.  LINTHICUM, 
to  me  personally  known  to  be  the  individual  described  in,  and  who 
executed  the  annexed  instrument,  as  party  thereto,  and  acknowl- 
edged to  me  that  he  executed  the  same  freely  and  voluntarily,  and 
for  the  uses  and  purposes  therein  mentioned. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  affixed  my 
official  seal,  the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 

[SEAL.]  W.  0.  ANDREWS, 

[Revenue  stamp.]  Notary  Public. 


STATE  OP  CALIFORNIA,  ) 

City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  f 

On  the  nineteenth  day  of  October,  A.  D.  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  sixty-five,  before  me,  W.  0.  Andrews,  a  Notary  Public  in 
and  for  said  city  and  county,  duly  commissioned  and  sworn,  person- 
ally appeared  J.  F.  LINTHICUM,  who  is  personally  known  to  me  to  be 
the  same  person  whose  name  is  subscribed  to  the  annexed  instru- 
ment as  a  witness  thereto,  who,  being  by  me  duly  sworn,  deposes 
and  says:  That  he  resides  in  the  city  and  county  of  San  Francisco  ; 
that  he  was  present  and  saw  H.  J.  Booth,  J.  R.  Brett,  Ira  P.  Rankin, 


CERTIFICATE    OP    INCORPORATION".  13 


Cyrus  Palmer,  Th.  McAuley,  W.  H.  Ladd,  Isaac  Glazier,  E.  D. 
Wheeler,  H.  L.  Dodge,  Joseph  W.  Low,  J.  W.  Winans,  A.  Badlam, 
A.  P.  Molitor,  A.  J.  Snyder  and  J.  B.  VVhitcomb,  who  are  personally 
known  to  him  to  be  the  same  persons  described  in,  and  who  executed 
the  annexed  instrument  as  parties  thereto,  sign  and  deliver  the  same  ; 
and  heard  them  acknowledge  that  they  severally  executed  the  same 
freely  and  voluntarily,  and  for  the  uses  and  purposes  therein  men- 
tioned, and  that  he,  the  deponent,  thereupon  signed  his  name  as  a 
subscribing  witness  thereto,  at  the  request  of  the  said  parties  above- 
named,  and  at  the  request  of  each  one  of  them. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  affixed  my 
offiicial  seal,  the  day  and  year  in  this  certificate  first  above  written. 
[SEAL.]  W.  0.  ANDREWS, 

[Revenue  stamp.]  Notary  Public. 


CONSTITUTION, 

FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION. 


ARTICLE  I. 

NAME     AND     OBJECT. 

SECTION  1.  This  Association  shall  be  known  as  the  California 
Mining  Bureau  Association,  and  shall  have  for  its  object  the 
establishment  of  a  permanent  Bureau  for  the  collection  of  in- 
formation concerning  the  mines  and  mineral  resources  of  the 
State  of  California,  and  the  adjoining  States  and  Territories  ;  to 
obtain  a  cabinet  of  mineral  specimens  and  other  objects  of 
interest ;  to  procure  and  keep  a  Laboratory  for  the  purpose  of 
assaying  and  testing  ores,  and  machinery  to  reduce  ores  ;  to 
collect  and  establish  a  Library  :  and  to  open  and  keep  a  Reading 
Room. 

ARTICLE  II. 

CORPORATE      POWERS. 

SECTION  1.  The  corporate  powers  of  this  Association  shall  be 
vested  in  a  Board  of  nine  Trustees,  and  the  officers  of  the  Asso- 
ciation shall  be  a  President,  Vice-President,  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary, Recording  Secretary,  Treasurer,  and  such  other  subordinate 
officers  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

ARTICLE  III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

SECTION  1.  Any  person  may  become  a  member  of  this  Asso- 
ciation by  signing  the  Constitution  and  paying  an  initiation  fee 
of  Five  Dollars,  and  monthly  dues  at  the  rate  of  Three  Dollars 


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per  quarter ;  provided,  however,  that  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall 
have  the  power  to  make  such  reduction  as  they  may  deem 
proper,  when  the  dues  are  paid  yearly  in  advance.  His  member- 
ship shall  continue  as  long  as  his  dues  are  regularly  paid. 

SEC.  2.  If  the  dues  of  any  member  remain  unpaid  for  the 
term  of  six  months,  he  shall  not  be  allowed  to  vote  on  any 
question  before  the  Association  ;  nor  at  the  election  of  officers  ; 
and,  if  for  nine  months,  his  privileges  and  rights  of  membership 
shall  be  forfeited,  unless  notice  be  previously  given  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  intended  absence,  in  which  case  no  dues  shall  be  required 
during  said  absence. 

SEC.  3.  Persons  may  be  elected  honorary  members  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  and  such  persons  shall  be  entitled  to  all  the 
privileges  of  regular  membership,  excepting  the  right  to  vote 
and  to  hold  office. 

SEC.  4.  Any  person  may  become  a  life  member  on  paying  to 
the  Association  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  which*  shall 
constitute  him  a  regular  member,  with  full  privileges  and  without 
liability  for  any  stated  dues. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

ELECTIONS. 

SECTION  1.  All  elections  shall  be  by  ballot  except  when  other- 
wise ordered,  and  be  made  by  such  of  the  members  as  shall 
attend  for  that  purpose  in  person.  Each  Life  and  Subscribing 
member  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote,  and  the  person  or  persons 
having  the  highest  number  of  votes,  shall  be  declared  elected. 

SEC.  2.  The  election  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  take 
place  annually,  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  November ;  provided, 
however,  that  at  the  expiration  of  the  first  year,  to  wit:  on  the 
first  Tuesday  in  November,  A.  D.  1866,  the  places  of  only  four  of 
the  Trustees  shall  be  filled  by  an  election,  and  the  other  five  shall 
remain  in  office  another  year,  to  wit :  until  the  first  Tuesday  in 
November,  A.  D.  1867,  at  which  time  an  entire  new  Board  shall 
be  elected.  The  election  shall  be  held  under  the  superintendence 
of  three  Judges  selected  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  that 
purpose,  and  at  least  ten  days  notice  shall  be  given  of  such 
election  in  at  least  two  of  the  city  papers.  The  polls-  shall  be 
open  from  10  A.  M.  to  2  p.  M.,  and  from  8  P.  M.  until  9  p.  M.  The 
ballot  box  shall  be  sealed  from  2  p.  M.  to  8  p.  M.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Judges  to  sort,  count,  and  record  the  votes  given  in, 
and  to  report  the  same  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  time 
being,  within  two  days  after  the  said  election  has  taken  place, 
specifying  in  their  report  the  whole  number  of  ballots  given  in, 


CONSTITUTION. 


the  name  of  each  person  voted  for,  and  the  number  of  votes  for 
each.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Recording  Secretary  for 
the  time  being,  to  enter  such  returns,  or  an  abstract  of  them,  in 
the  journals  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Board.  And  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  time  being,  to  meet 
together  within  two  days  after  every  such  election,  and  examine 
and  compare  all  the  said  returns,  and  thereupon  to  make  out  a 
certificate  of  the  result  of  said  election,  to  be  signed  by  the 
President  and  Recording  Secretary,  and  such  certificate  and 
returns  shall  have  full  force  and  effect  in  all  respects. 

SEC.  3.  In  case  from  any  cause  the  election  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  should  not  take  place  upon  the  day  fixed  by  the  Consti- 
tution, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  for  the  time  being,  to 
give  notice  for  an  election  to  take  place  as  soon  thereafter  as  may 
be,  from  the  date  upon  which  the  election  should  have  been  held  ; 
and,  in  such  case,  the  officers  of  the  Association  shall  be  in  office 
until %uch  election  has  been  held  and  successors  appointed. 

SEC.  4.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  enter  upon  the  perform- 
ance of  its  duties  within  one  week  after  the  election  shall  have 
been  held  and  the  result  officially  announced. 

ARTICLE  V. 

OFFICERS  AND  THEIR  DUTIES. 

SECTION  1.  The  officers  of  this  Association  shall  be  elected 
annually  by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

SEC.  2.  '  The  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be, 
ex-officio,  President  of  the  Association.  He  shall  preside  at  all 
meetings  of  the  Association  and  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and 
preserve  order  therein,  and,  in  case  of  an  equal  division  of 
members  upon  any  question,  he  shall  give  the  casting  vote. 

SEC.  3.  The  President  shall  have  power  to  call  special  meet- 
ings of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  of  the  Association,  whenever 
he  may  deem  it  expedient. 

SEC.  4.  The  President,  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office, 
or  oftener,  if  requested  thereto  by  the  Association,  shall  make  a 
written  report  of  the  general  doings  of  the  Association,  and 
suggest  such  means  as  may  seem  to  him  best  calculated  to 
promote  its  prosperity. 

SEC.  5.  The  Vice-President  shall  preside  and  perform  all  the 
duties  of  the  office  of  President,  in  the  absence  or  disqualification 
of  that  officer. 

SEC.  6.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  be  the  organ  of 
the  Association  in  its  conference  with  other  societies,  and  with 
the  public  at  large.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  use  every  means  in 


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his  power  to  collect  information  concerning  the  mines  and 
mineral  resources  of  this  State  and,  as  far  as  possible,  of  the 
adjacent  States  and  Territories. .  He  shall  file,  arrange,  and  record 
such  information  as  the  Board  of  Trustees  may  direct,  and  shall, 
from  time  to  time,  prepare  for  publication  articles  containing 
such  information  as  he  may  possess,  which  will  be  calculated  to 
awaken  interest  and  tend  to  develop  the  mines. 

SEC.  7.  The  Recording  Secretary  shall  affix  his  name  to  all 
the  advertisements  and  notices  emanating  from  the  Board  of 
Trustees  and  from  the  Association.  He  shall  attend  all  meetings 
and,  in  the  absence  of  the  President  and  Vice-President,  call  the 
same  to  order,  and  shall  truly  and  at  large,  record  the  proceedings 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  together  with  the  proceedings  of  the 
Association,  in  books  kept  for  that  purpose.  He  shall  have 
charge  of  the  books  and  accounts  of  the  Association,  receive  all 
moneys  and  pay  the  same  into  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  taking 
his  receipt  therefor,  and  discharge  such  other  duties  as  may 
pertain  to  his  office. 

SEG.  8.  The  Treasurer  shall  hold  all  the  funds  of  the  Associa- 
tion, (except  the  property  invested  in  the  name  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,)  subject  to  the  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  He 
shall  pay  no  bill  unless  signed  by  the  President  and  Recording 
Secretary.  He  shall  make  a  monthly  report,  exhibiting  in  detail 
his  receipts  and  payments,  and  the  balance  in  the  Treasury.  He 
shall  keep  a  regular  account  of  the  financial  concerns  of  the 
Association,  an  abstract  of  which,  accompanied  by  satisfactory 
vouchers,  he  shall  exhibit  at  each  annual  meeting.  On  resigning, 
or  being  suspended  from  office,  he  shall  hand  over  to  his  successor 
all  books,  vouchers,  and  other  papers,  belonging  to  the  Associa- 
tion, in  his  possession. 

SEC.  9.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  vested  with  full  powers 
to  appropriate  funds,  enact  By-Laws,  and  conduct  the  affairs  of 
the  Association  ;  provided,  however,  that  no  appropriation  of  more 
than  one  thousand  dollars,  for  any  one  object,  shall  be  made 
without  the  consent  of  the  Association. 

SEC.  10.  A  permanent  removal  from  the  city  of  San  Francisco 
shall  disqualify  an  officer  from  exercising  his  office,  and  be  equi- 
valent to  a  tender  of  resignation  on  his  part. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

COMPENSATION. 

SECTION  1.  No  pecuniary  compensation  shall  be  allowed  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  this  Association. 


18  CONSTITUTION. 


SEC.  2.  Subordinate  officers  and  clerks  shall  be  allowed  such 
compensation  as  the  Board  of  Trustees,  from  time  to  time,  may 
determine  upon. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

MEETINGS.' 

SECTION  1.  There  shall  be  an  annual  meeting  of  the  Associa- 
tion on  the  second  Tuesday  in  October,  for  the  purpose  of 
receiving  the  reports  of  the  Treasurer  and  Board  of  Trustees, 
exhibiting  the  state  of  the  Association — its  finances  and  property, 
and  for  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may  be  presented. 

SEC.  2.  At  all  meetings  of  the  Association,  at  least  ten 
members  must  be  present  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

SEC.  3.  The  President,  at  the  request  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
or  at  the  written  request  of  fifteen  members  stating  the  reasons 
therefor,  shall  call  a  meeting  of  the  Association  for  the  transac- 
tion of  special  business,  giving  ten  days  notice  thereof. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

.FINANCES. 

SECTION  1.  The  funds  arising  from  assessments,  contributions, 
and  other  sources  not  herein  mentioned,  shall  be  devoted  to  the 
acquisition  of  information  concerning  the  mines,  the  purchase  of 
books  and  maps,  the  collecting  of  a  mineral  cabinet,  the  payment 
of  current  expenses,  and  such  other  purposes  as  the  Board  of 
Trustees  may  direct;  provided,  however,  that  the  Association 
may,  at  any  time,  require  the  amounts  received  for  life  member- 
ships to  be  set  apart,  and  devoted  exclusively  to  a  Building  Fund, 
which,  in  that  event,  shall  be  invested  under  the  supervision  of 
the  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means,  until  the  Association  shall 
decide  upon  purchasing  a  lot  and  erecting  a  building  thereon. 

SEC.  2.  All  orders,  drafts,  and  other  documents  affecting  the 
funds  of  the  Association,  must  be  authorized  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  and  signed  by  the  President  and  Recording  Secretary. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

NEGLECT     OF    OFFICIAL    DUTY. 

SECTION  1.  In  case  of  flagrant  misconduct,  or  neglect  of  duty, 
on  the  part  of  a  member  of  the  Board,  the  Trustees  shall  have 
the  power,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  their  members,  to  expel 
the  offending  member;  from  which  action,  however,  an  appeal 


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shall  be  allowed  to  a  called  meeting  of  the  Association,  which 
shall  ratify  or  annul  the  proceedings  of  the  Trustees  as  the  cir- 
cumstances of  the  case  may  warrant. 

ARTICLE  X. 

EXPULSION     OP    MEMBERS. 

SECTION  1.  If  any  member  shall  wantonly  create  a  disturb" 
ance  at  any  meeting  of  the  Association,  or  shall  purposely  deface 
the  books,  building,  rooms,  or  the  appurtenances  thereof,  or  shall 
devise  or  take  part  in  any  measure  designedly  to  injure  the  Asso- 
ciation, on  the  written  complaint  of  five  members,  a  meeting 
shall  be  held  and  the  matter  referred  to  a  committee  of  five 
members,  who  shall  investigate  the  charges,  and  report  at  a  future 
meeting  of  the  Association,  when,  if  the  charges  be  made  appa- 
rent, he  shall  be  reproved  or  deprived  of  membership — always 
allowing  the  accused  ample  opportunity  to  excuse  or  extenuate 
his  character  or  conduct. 

ARTICLE  XL 

ALTERATIONS  AND  AMENDMENTS. 

SECTION  1.  This  Constitution  shall  not  be  altered  or  amended 
ualess  by  the  votes  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present  at  a 
stated  meeting  of  the  Association,  notice  of  which  shall  be 
given  by  publication  in  one  daily  paper  published  in  San  Francisco, 
one  month  previously. 


BY-LAWS 


OF   THE 

CALIFORNIA  MINING  BUREAU  ASSOCIATION. 

ARTICLE  I. 

MEETINGS. 

SECTION  1.  Stated  monthly  meetings  of  the  Board  shall  be  held 
at  the  rooms  of  the  Association,  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  each 
month  (unless  otherwise  ordered)  at  7  o'clock,  P.  M. 

SEC.  2.  The  President  may  call  special  meetings  of  the  Board 
at  any  time,  and  any  three  members,  if  they  desire,  may  also 
have  a  special  meeting  convened  through  the  President.  Five 
members  of  the  Board  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

SEC.  3.  On  taking  the  chair  the  President  shall  call  the  Board 
to  order,  and  the  Secretary  shall  call  over  the  list  of  members, 
noting  the  absentees,  when  he  shall  read  the  minutes  of  the  last 
meeting. 

ARTICLE  II. 

COMMITTEES. 

SECTION  1.  At  the  first  meeting  after  the  election  of  the 
Board,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  the  President  shall  ap- 
point the  Standing  Committees  of  the  Board.  They  shall  be  as 
follows,  and  consist  of  three  members  each  : 

First — Committee  on  Ways  and  Means. 

Second — Committee  on  Mining  Intelligence. 

Third — Committee  on  Rooms,  Library,  and  Cabinet. 

Fourth — Committee  on  Accounts. 

Fifth — Committee  on  Lectures  and  Donations. 

Each  of  which  shall  report  quarterly. 


BY-LAWS.  21 


SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on  Ways  and 
Means  to  examine,  from  time  to  time,  into  the  finances  of  the 
Association  ;  to  see  all  dues  are  paid ;  to  devise  ways  by  which 
the  means  of  the  Association  may  be  increased ;  to  take  into  con- 
sideration any  report  or  proposition  relating  to  the  Treasury ;  and 
generally  to  have  supervision  over  the  financial  department  of  the 
Association.  The  Treasurer's  books  shall  be  open  at  all  times  to 
this  Committee,  to  the  President  of  the  Board,  and  also  to  any  of 
the  Trustees. 

SEC.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on  Mining  Intel- 
ligence, to  have  a  general  supervision  over  the  manner  of  obtain- 
ing information  and  the  recording  and  disposing  of  it,  and  to 
report,  from  time  to  time,  to  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

SEC.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on  Rooms, 
Library,  and  Cabinet,  to  have  a  general  supervision  over  the 
Rooms,  Cabinet,  Laboratory,  and  Machinery  of  the  Association, 
the  officers  in  charge  of  them,  and  everything  pertaining  thereto. 
They  shall  examine  and  report  on  suitable  books  for  the  Library, 
acquire  by  purchase,  with  the  consent  of  the  Board,  and  take  into 
consideration  such  other  matters  as  shall  be  referred  to  them  by 
the  Board. 

SEC.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on  Accounts  to 
examine  the  Secretary's  and  Treasurer's  accounts,  certify  to  the 
correctness  of  the  same,  and  see  that  the  funds  of  the  Association 
are  actually  where  they  purport  to  be. 

SEC.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on  Lectures  and 
Donations  to  correspond  with  and  procure  suitable  •  persons  to 
deliver  Lectures  or  Addresses  before  the  Association  and  the 
public,  provided,  however,  that  the  Committee  shall  invite  no  one 
to  lecture  who  shall  not  previously  have  been  approved  by  the 
Board.  Said  Committee  shall  solicit  and  accept  of  money,  books, 
newspapers,  specimens,  and  other  suitable  articles,  and  report, 
from  time  to  time,  to  the  Board. 


ARTICLE  III. 

L IB  RARI AN. 

SECTION  1.  A  Librarian  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  whenever  the  interests  of  the  Association  may  demand 
it.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  Library,  Cabinet,  and  Reading 
Room. 

SEC.  2.  He  shall  endeavor,  in  all  suitable  ways,  to  enlarge  the 
Library  and  Cabinet,  and  shall  conform  to  such  rules  and  regula- 
tions as  may  be  imposed  upon  him  by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 


22  BY-LAWS. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

DEEDS     AND     PAPERS. 

SECTION  1.  All  deeds,  leases,  bonds,  contracts,  and  other  valu- 
able papers,  shall  be  deposited  in  the  hands  of  the  President  of 
the  Association,  which,  in  the  event  of  his  resignation  or  death, 
shall  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Vice  President,  who,  on  the 
new  President  coming  into  office,  shall  deposit  them  with  him. 

ARTICLE  V. 

ELECTIONS. 

SECTION  1.  All  elections  or  appointments  made  by  the  Board 
of  Trustees  shall  be  by  ballot. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

AMENDMENTS. 

SECTION  1.  These  By-Laws  shall  be  amended,  altered,  or  sus- 
pended, only  at  a  stated  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  notice 
thereof  having  been  proposed  in  writing  at  a  previous  stated 
meeting,  and  shall  only  be  enacted  by  a  majority  of  all  the  mem- 
bers elect  voting  for  them. 


RULES  OF  ORDER 


FOR  THE   REGULATION   OF  THE    PROCEEDINGS  IN  THE 
ASSOCIATION  AND  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 


SECTION  1.  The  President  shall  preserve  order  and  decorum; 
he  may  speak  to  points  of  order,  in  preference  to  members,  and 
shall  decide  questions  of  order,  subject  to  appeal  as  usual. 

SEC.  2.  When  any  member  is  'about  to  speak,  he  shall  rise, 
address  the  President,  and  confine  himself  strictly  to  the  question 
under  discussion. 

SEC.  3.  When  a  motion  or  resolution  is  made,  it  shall  be 
handed,  if  in  writing,  to  the  Secretary,  and  by  him  re-read  before 
it  is  debated  :  and  every  resolution  shall  be  reduced  to  writing,  if 
the  Chairman  order  it,  or  a  member  desire  it. 

SEC.  4.  No  new  motion  or  proposition  shall  be  admitted  under 
color  of  amendment,  as  a  substitute  for  the  motion  or  resolution 
under  debate  ;  any  member,  however,  may  call  for  a  division  of 
the  question  when  the  sense  admits  of  it. 

SEC.  5.  When  a  question  is  under  debate,  no  motion  or  pro- 
position shall  be  received,  but  to  adjourn  ;  to  lie  on  the  table  ; 
for  the  previous  question  ;  to  postpone  indefinitely  ;  to  postpone 
to  a  given  day ;  to  commit ;  to  amend ;  which  several  motions 
shall  take  precedence  in  the  same  order  as  here  arranged.  Mo- 
tions to  adjourn  shall  always  be  in  order,  except  when  a  member 
is  speaking,  and  shall  be  put  without  debate. 

SEC.  6.  If,  at  any  meeting,  a  member  doubts  the  decision  of  a 
vote,  he  may  call  for  a  division,  and  the  members  voting  on  each 
side  shall  then  be  counted  by  tellers,  appointed  for  that  purpose 
by  the  President,  and  the  result  shall  be  declared  by  him. 

SEC.  7.  No  member  who  did  not  vote  with  the  majority  on 
any  question,  shall  move  the  reconsideration  of  the  vote. 

SEC.  8.     Voting  by  proxy  shall  not  be  allowed. 


RULES    OF    OKDER. 


SEC.  9.  A  motion  for  amendment,  until  decided,  shall  preclude 
further  amendment  of  the  main  question. 

SEC.  10.  Motions  and  reports  may  be  committed  at  the  pleasure 
of  the  meeting. 

SEC.  11.  All  questions  shall  be  propounded  in  the  order  in 
which  they  are  moved  ;  and,  in  filling  blanks,  the  largest  sum  and 
the  longest  time  shall  be  put  first ;  reconsiderations  of  questions 
can  only  be  had  at  a  first  subsequent  meeting. 

SEC.  12.  The  yeas  and  nays  shall  be  entered  on  the  minutes 
at  the  call  of  any  two  members. 

SEC.  13.  The  meeting  may  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  of 
the  Whole  at  any  time,  when  propositions  made  shall  not  be 
entered  on  the  journal  without  they  are  carried  in  committee  ; 
and  when  in  committee  the  Resident  shall  leave  the  chair  and 
appoint  a  Chairman. 

SEC.  14.  If,  at  any  meeting  of  the  Association,  questions  shall 
arise  which  are  not  treated  upon  above,  they  shall  be  decided  by 
an  appeal  to  "  Jefferson's  Manual." 


ORDER  OF  BUSINESS. 


At  a  stated  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  or  the  Associa- 
tion, the  order  of  business  shall  be  : 
1st.     Roll  Call. 

2d.      Reading  Minutes  of  the  last  meeting. 
3d.      Reading  of  Communications. 
4th.     Reports  of  Committees. 
5th.     Unfinished  Business. 
6th.     New  Business. 


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